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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Charleston, SC

June 2, 2008Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia

NWS Charleston, SC issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2008, 5:35 PM EDT for Liberty County, Long County, McIntosh County, Georgia. It was in force for 41 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 2, 2008, 5:35 PM EDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2008, 6:16 PM EDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Charleston, SC
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Liberty County, GA, Long County, GA, McIntosh County, GA

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Charleston, SC wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 3:10 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 4:00 AM EDT, 13 hours 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:40 PM EDT, 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 4:49 PM EDT, 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:02 PM EDT, 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:09 PM EDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 5:21 PM EDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
530 PM EDT MON JUN 02 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1234 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 W NEVILS              32.27N 81.83W
06/02/2008                   BULLOCH            GA   UTILITY COMPANY

            A TREE WAS REPORTED DOWN ON POWER LINES 4 MILES WEST OF
            NEVILS...GEORGIA.

&&

JRJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Charleston, SC issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 1, 8:39 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Berkeley, Charleston	66 min
Jun 1, 8:40 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		2 hr
Jun 1, 10:16 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	29 min
Jun 1, 10:39 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		96 min
Jun 2, 1:10 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Jasper	50 min
Jun 2, 2:02 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		118 min
Jun 2, 2:16 AM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		119 min
Jun 2, 3:27 AM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Allendale	29 min
Jun 2, 4:44 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Charleston	36 min
Jun 2, 5:30 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	60 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort	61 min
Jun 2, 6:31 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Colleton, Hampton, Jasper	36 min
Jun 2, 6:37 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Hampton, Jasper	42 min
Jun 2, 6:54 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Beaufort, Jasper	66 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Colleton, Hampton	65 min
Jun 2, 7:16 PM EDT	Special Marine Warning	CHS		33 min
Jun 1, 11:56 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler, Evans, Tattnall	40 min
Jun 2, 5:28 PM EDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	CHS	Bulloch, Candler	47 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.